Daily Scripture Analysis

Please press here to listen to the homily or download Fourth Sunday – Year C – Advent Readings: Mic 5:1-4a; Heb 10:5-10; Lk 1:39-45. Reading 1 (Mic 5:1-4a): Thus says the LORD:You, Bethlehem-Ephrathahtoo small to be among the clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for meone who is to be ruler in Israel;whose origin is from of old,from ancient times.Therefore the Lord will give them up, until the timewhen she who is to give birth has borne,and the rest of his kindred shall returnto the children of Israel.He shall stand firm and shepherd his flockby the strength of the LORD,in the … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download December 21st – Advent Readings: Sgs 2:8-14; Lk 1:39-45. Reading 1 (Sgs 2:8-14): Hark! my lover–here he comes springing across the mountains, leaping across the hills. My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Here he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattices. My lover speaks; he says to me, “Arise, my beloved, my dove, my beautiful one, and come! “For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download December 20th – Advent Readings: Isa 7:10-14; Lk 1:26-38. Reading 1 (Isa 7:10-14): The LORD spoke to Ahaz: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered, “I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!” Then Isaiah said: Listen, O house of David! Is it not enough for you to weary men, must you also weary my God? Therefore, the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall conceive and bear a … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download December 19th – Advent Readings: Jgs 13:2-7, 24-25a; Lk 1:5-25 Reading 1 (Jgs. 13:2-7, 24-25a): There was a certain man from Zorah, of the clan of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had borne no children. An angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Though you are barren and have had no children, yet you will conceive and bear a son. Now, then, be careful to take no wine or strong drink and to eat nothing unclean. As for the son you … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download December 18th – Advent Readings: Jer 23:5-8; Mt 1:18-25. Reading 1 (Jer 23:5-8): Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David; As king he shall reign and govern wisely, he shall do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah shall be saved, Israel shall dwell in security. This is the name they give him: “The LORD our justice.” Therefore, the days will come, says the LORD, when they shall no longer say, “As the LORD lives, who … Read more

Please press here to listen to the homily or download December 17th – Advent Readings: Gen 49:2, 8-10; Mt 1:1-17. Reading 1 (Gen 49:2, 8-10):  Jacob called his sons and said to them: “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob, listen to Israel, your father. “You, Judah, shall your brothers praise –your hand on the neck of your enemies; the sons of your father shall bow down to you. Judah, like a lion’s whelp, you have grown up on prey, my son. He crouches like a lion recumbent, the king of beasts–who would dare rouse him? The scepter shall never depart from Judah, … Read more